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John Polkinghorne, who has had a distinguished career in particle

physics at Cambridge University, made the following statement in an
interview with Newsweek
:
When you realize that the laws of nature must be incredibly finely
tuned to produce the universe we see, that conspires to plant the idea
that the universe did not just happen, but that there must be a purpose
behind it…For me, the fundamental component of belief in God is that
there is a mind and a purpose behind the universe. 155

Hugh Ross, who holds a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of
Toronto, is President of "Reasons to Believe", a creationist institute in the
USA. He has written many works on the relationship between cosmology
and creation. Some of these are: The Creator and the CosmosCreation and
,
Time, and Beyond the Cosmos. Some of Ross' remarks about the creation of
the universe by a Creator are as follows:
If time's beginning is concurrent with the beginning of the universe, as
the space-time theorem says, then the cause of the universe must be
some entity operating in a time dimension completely independent of
and pre-existent to the time dimension of the cosmos. …It tells us that
the Creator is transcendent, operating beyond the dimensional limits of
the universe. 156
An intelligent, transcendent Creator must have brought the universe
into existence. An intelligent, transcendent Creator must have designed
the universe. An intelligent, transcendent Creator must have designed
planet Earth. An intelligent, transcendent Creator must have designed
life. 157

Duane Gish, who earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of
California, Berkeley, is a respected scientist known for his re l i g i o u s

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